Henry Padwick
Henry Padwick (1805–1879) was an English solicitor and figure of the horse racing world, known also as a moneylender, gambler and speculator.[1]
Life
He was the son of William Padwick (died 1834) of Cosham House, Hampshire. He retired from the legal profession in 1855. He became a magistrate in Middlesex and Deputy-Keeper of Holyrood Palace.[2][3]
As a solicitor in Horsham, Padwick was involved as electoral agent to
Racing
Padwick employed the trainer
In the aftermath of the 1855 departure from the United Kingdom of the Member of Parliament Francis Child Villiers, known as Frank, Padwick became involved in trying to clear up his heavy unpaid betting debts. To this end he was an adviser to George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, Frank's father, and worked with Benjamin Disraeli.[3][9]
In the 1868 Derby, won by
Family
Padwick married in 1825 Susan Chasemore, daughter of Philip Chasemore of Horsham. They had one son, Henry.[2]
Notes
- ISBN 9780904920451.
- ^ a b Walford, Edward (1871). The County Families of the United Kingdom: Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland : Containing a Brief Notice of the Descent, Birth, Marriage, Education, and Appointments of Each Person, His Heir Apparent Or Presumptive, as Also a Record of the Offices which He Has Hitherto Held, Together with His Town Address and Country Residence. Robert Hardwicke. p. 755.
- ^ ISBN 9780802087287.
- ^ Power, David; Dew, Edward L'Estrange; Rodwell, Benjamin Bridges Hunter (1853). Reports of the Decisions of Committees of the House of Commons, in the trial of Controverted Elections, during the fifteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom. By D. Power, H. Rodwell, and E. L. Dew. p. 252.
- ISBN 9780802087287.
- ISBN 9783732637010.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39781. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11733. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 9781446420270.
- ISBN 9781848762916.